Fair Warning (Van Halen album)

Fair Warning
A crude painting of a street scene with a man assaulting someone and onlookers passing by
The album cover is taken from a painting by William Kurelek.
Studio album by
Van Halen
ReleasedApril 29, 1981 (1981-04-29)
RecordedMarch–April 1981
StudioSunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California[1]
Genre
Length31:11
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerTed Templeman
Van Halen chronology
Women and Children First
(1980) 		Fair Warning
(1981) 		Diver Down
(1982)
Singles from Fair Warning
  1. "So This Is Love?"
    Released: June 1981 (US)
  2. "Unchained"
    Released: July 1981 (Europe)
  3. "Mean Street"
    Released: 1981 (Europe)
  4. "Hear About It Later"
    Released: 1981 (NL)

Fair Warning is the fourth studio album by American rock band Van Halen. Released on April 29, 1981, by Warner Bros. Records, the album peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200, while the single "So This Is Love?" failed to reach Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 110 on the Bubbling-Under list. The album sold more than two million copies in the United States,[3] but was still the band's slowest-selling album of the David Lee Roth era. Despite the album's commercially disappointing sales, Fair Warning was met with mostly positive reviews from critics.[4] It was listed by Esquire as one of the "75 Albums Every Man Should Own".[5]

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  5. ^ "Best Music Albums Ever - Top Album List with Covers". Esquire. March 9, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2012.